[20965] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Despamming wholesale dialup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Fri Oct 30 11:55:24 1998
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:37:03 -0800
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@cp.net>
To: Bryan Bradsby <Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us>,
Scott Gifford <sgifford@tir.com>
Cc: Harold Willison <harold@agis.net>, "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
Mail-Followup-To: Bryan Bradsby <Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us>,
Scott Gifford <sgifford@tir.com>, Harold Willison <harold@agis.net>,
"Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981029173344.6437A-100000@emu.capnet.state.tx.us>; from Bryan Bradsby on Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 09:55:47PM -0600
On 10/29/98, Bryan Bradsby <Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us> wrote:
> We do this now. When a site is blocked by our subscription to ORBS, i send
> them a nice friendly note, admin to admin. How many? A couple hundred a
> month. Some fix it promptly. Some send me a nice thank you note. Most
> don't (do either one).
Quick note about ORBS: there are people ORBS blocks (such as GOL
in Japan) which do not have any open relays, and never did. It's
purely a personal grudge held by the ORBS operator.
Don't rely on ORBS.
--
J.D. Falk <jdfalk@cp.net> "A name indicates what we seek.
Special Agent In Charge (Abuse Issues) An address indicates where it is.
Critical Path, Inc. A route indicates how we get there."
-- Jon Postel (1943-1998)
